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If you had a child and they were doing poorly in school, who would you blame?
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Your child
The teacher
Yourself (the parent)
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Anonymous 6w

I wouldn’t blame anyone. I would see if my child potentially has a learning disability or something, see if there’s anything about the teacher/school that needs to change, and what I can do as a parent to support my child

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Anonymous 6w

i mean it depends on the circumstances. there are a million and one reasons why a kid might do badly in school

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Anonymous 6w

Context is everything in this situation

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Anonymous 6w

It was just unfortunate for me, because I was always blamed for poor performance in school. I would get screamed at by my dad (and sometimes he got out the belt) because of poor grades, ESPECIALLY in math. I’m pretty sure I had ADD or ADHD or something, but my parents gaslit me, and told me I had no such thing because they don’t have it. I didn’t actually start doing well in school until college, but before that was mostly hell when it came to school.

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